Gearing for washing-machines.



No. 717,974. PATNNTND JAN.6,1903.

L s. DIBNL. .A GNANING FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLIATION IILBD MAR. 5, 1902.

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UNIT-ED: j STATES PATENT FFICE.

ISADORE S. DIEHL, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GEARING FOR WASHING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,974, dated January6, 1903.

` y ApplioationLiiled March 5, 1902. Serial No. 96,807. (No model.)

To all whom it mfctyconcer-n):y

Be it known that I, ISADRE S. DIEHL, of Allentown, in the county ofLehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Gearing for Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full,.clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as'will enable a View in perspective, showing portion ofa tub with the operating mechanism mounted on the top thereof. Fig. 2 isa top planview. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective, showing part of therack-bar and its supporting-bracket. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line@c Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a tub or casing designed tocontain a rotary rubber 2 and having a lid 3 on which the operatingmechanism.. is mounted. The casing and rubber are well known and may beof any preferred construction.

4: designates an upright frame suitably mounted on the top or lid of thecasing.

5 is a driving gearfwheel having its journal supported in bearings inthe frame and designed to mesh with pinions 6 and 7. Pinion 6 is fast ona shaft 8, which extends through the frame and on which is vkeyed a,A

balance-wheel 9. Pinion? is fast on a shaft 10, which also extendsthrough the frame beyond the plane of wheel 9, and on its outer end is ahandle 12.

13 designates a rack-bar pivotally connected to gear-wheel 5 andsupported in a bracket 14 on frame 4.. A pinion l5 of lesscross-sectional diameter than the driving gear-wheel meshes with therack-bar and is fast on a shaft 16, supported between bearings on theframe and an upright 17, mounted on the lid 21 of the rubber, said stembeing supported at its upper end by an overhanging portion 22 of upright17. A collar 23, secured to the lid,forms the bearing 'fora flange onhub 20.

In practice the operator turns handle 12 steadily in either direction,the pinion 7 actuating gear-wheel 5 and effecting the rotation of wheel9 through pinion 6, thus imparting a well-balanced rotary motion to thegearwheel. Rack-bar 13 is positively actuated to eifect an alternatingrotary motion to pinion 15 and through the gear-Wheel 18 and pinion 19to insure a corresponding motion of the rubber 2.

The advantages of my invention are apparent to those skilled in the art.

I claim as my inventionl. A gearing comprising a driving gearwheel,means for operating the same, a rackbar pivotally secured to saiddriving gearwheel, a pinion meshing with said rack-bar, a gear-wheelmoving in unison with said pinion and a second pinion meshing with saidgear-wheel, substantially as set forth.

2. A gearing comprising a driving gear- Wheel, means for operating thesame, a rackbar pivotally secured direct to said driving gear-Wheel, apinion meshing with said rackbar, said pinion being of lesscross-sectional diameter than said driving gear-wheel, for the purposeset forth, a gear-wheel moving in unison with said pinion, and a secondpinion meshing with said gear-wheel.

3. A gearing comprising an upright frame, a driving gear wheel4supported thereby, means for operating the same, a rack-bar pivotallysecured to said driving gear-wheel, a pinion meshing with said rack-bar,a bracket secured to said frame and holding said rackbar in mesh withsaid pinion, an upright, a

shaft-supported by said frame and said updriving gear-wheel, a pinionmeshing With said rack-bar, a bracket secured to said frame and holdingsaid rack-bar in mesh with said pinion, an upright, a. shaft supportedby said frame and said upright, said pinion being fast on said shaft, agear-wheel also fast on said shaft, and a pinion meshing with saidgear-wheel, substantially as set forth.

5. In gearing the combination of an upright having an overhangingportion provided With a bearing, a vertical shaft mounted in saidbearing, and having a hub suitably mounted in alinement with saidbearing, a pinion fast on said hub, a driving gear-Wheel and meansISADORE S. DIEI-IL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. SOWDEN, ALLEN H. FOOHT.

